A decade after Philando Castile's death, Ramsey County's charging policy and police reforms shifted stops away from low‑level equipment violations and toward moving‑violation enforcement. Local data show big changes in who gets pulled over.

Maurice Lowry pleaded guilty to robbing a sleeping Red Line passenger and received three years, but credit for time served and Illinois' good‑conduct rules mean he won't go back to prison immediately.

A Lake County SWAT team breached a North Chicago home and arrested a man after more than 1,000 child sexual abuse videos were reportedly found on seized devices.